Author's note: I'm sorry guys for the late update, I got sick (and I still am) and I couldn't do really much... well I hope you still enjoy reading my story. But I think that you will like a lot what will happen in the next chapter, when... ;)


"Oi, Mirajane!" Natsu yelled.

"Yes?" Mirajane replied calmly.

"Pant... You ...Know ... Pant ... Something about pink and blue flowers growing in a cave...Pant..?" Natsu asked breathlessly as he sat down on the chair.

"Pink and blue flowers that grow in a cave? ... Hmmm ..." Mirajane thought for a long time until she remembered.

"Oh yeah, the cave of destiny!"

"Cave of destiny?" Natsu asked looking at her doubtfully. Mirajane smiled.

"They say that inside that cave, a princess slept on a bed made of legendary pink and blue flowers." Natsu first looked at her stupidly and then burst into a huge laughter.

"Ahahahaha. Mirajane ahahaha oh my god! This was a good one! I almost fell for it."

"Ehehe, but I wasn't joking at all." Mirajane said smiling. Natsu stopped laughing and looked at her surprised.

"The story tells that a princess was going to visit her parents, but was stopped by an ambush. The ambush was made by a dragon who kidnapped her and took her to that cave. When she woke up the princess found herself in front of a young boy who was madly in love with her. Unfortunately the Princess was very frightened and tried to escape from there in every way, but the boy wouldn't let her go that easily. In the course of the time, the princess began to understand the boy and without realizing she fell in love with him, and after that, they lived happily ever after. " Mirajane Explained.

"It is said that in the depths of the cave there is a room covered with gold, and the two lovers are depicted on the walls, but no one was able to find it." Mirajane told him. Natsu looked at her as if he had not believed a single word of what she said.

"If you don't believe her, go find the cave." Said a male voice. It was Elfman.

"Like a man!" He finished, squeezing his fist. Natsu thought about it for a while and then rose from his chair. He decided.

"Where is this cave?" Natsu asked to Mirajane.

"In the village of Moira."

"Ok. Happy?" Natsu yelled looking for his cat. but the cat did not answer at his call. He was still angry with him.

"Happy! There you are. Come! We have to go." Natsu said, but the cat looked away ignoring the boy.

Ah! Natsu remembered.

"Ah. Sorry happy! I forgot! I didn't want to say those things!" Natsu said joining his hands over his forehead. The cat turned towards him and said doubtfully:

"Are you serious?" Natsu nodded.

"Hah. Well, I don't believe you."

"Eh? Cooome on, I'll give you ... I'll give you fishes, yeah!"

"Seriously?!" Said the cat excited, standing up.

"Yes, and I'll give you how many you want, but now we have to go!" Natsu said, motioning to follow him.

"Aye, sir!" The cat said moving away from Charle to reach Natsu.

"Natsu, where are we going?"

"In the village of Moira."

"To do what?" Happy asked curious.

"To pick some flowers." Natsu said grinning.

"Sister, what goes through Natsu's mind?" Elfman asked confused, to Mirajane.

"Hmmmm ... Love, dear brother, it's love." Mirajane said as she watched, Natsu leave the guild with a monstrous speed.


"I swear that I will never again ride trains!Ugh!" Natsu said as he kept his mouth covered by his hand, to not throw up.

"You say this every time, Natsu." Happy said. They finally arrived at the village of Moira. It was a very small village, almost non-existent on the map. Natsu walked over to one of the residents and said:

"Sorry, do you know where is the cave of destiny?" The man turned around, and he looked as if he had seen a ghost.

"D-d-d-d-" He repeated shaking.

"D, what?" Natsu asked confused.

"Draaaaaagon!" Cried out loud the frightened man. Suddenly all the people looked at them and whispered some words between them.

"O-oi don't scream! All the people are watching us!" Natsu said, embarrassed. The man ran away and so did all the people around him.

"Natsu, managed to make everyone escape from here, now we will never find the cave." happy said sadly.

"I-it's not true! They ran away alone." Natsu said annoyed. Natsu felt his coat pull. It was a little boy. By the look, you could say the same age as Wendy.

"A-are you looking for the cave Mr. Dragon?" The boy asked timidly.

"Oh!You know where it is?!" Natsu asked excitedly. The boy nodded and pointed at the top of a mountain hidden by the fog. Natsu turned towards it, and saw that there was a hole just below the fog.

"Woah!You're right! thank you very much kid-!" Natsu said happily as he turned back towards the boy. But he was gone.

"The boy is gone natsu! He was a ghost!" Happy said terrified.

"D-d-don't be silly! G-ghosts don't exist, Happy! Ahahha. C-come on." Natsu said, with his head held high but with trembling legs. They walked toward the mountain until they reached the foot of it.

"Happy!" Natsu said with a smirk.

"Aye sir!" Said the cat returning the same smile. A pair of wings opened behind Happy's back. The cat took natsu and flew toward the hole. Natsu went inside but he could not see anything because of the darkness.

"Ehehe" Natsu chuckled while huge flames materialized around him. Now the cave was illuminated by his flames.

"Come on, Happy." Natsu said, motioning with his head to follow him. They were forwarding into the cave in search of the flower bed, unknown of what would happen to them.


Her body and her mind were no longer together. Her mind was wandering in her fantasies. She was curious to know what Natsu wanted to know from Mirajane.

Ah! He can't be in love with Mirajane? Can't he !? Lucy thought, suddenly bowing forward. It's true that Mirajane was a beautiful young girl, and that no one could ever say "no" to her, but it was practically impossible to ask her to go out, because of his younger brother that was always around her.

Natsu and Mirajane ... Heh ... Lucy thought as he sat back in the armchair and sighed as she slid out of it.

They would make a better couple...Than me and natsu ... It hurt her but she had to accepted that reality. Natsu saw her only as a friend.

What does she have that I don't have? Lucy wondered.

Why can't it be me? Why he can't see me as he sees Mirajane!? Tears slid down her cheeks, but she ignored that feeling. She was still in her thoughts when suddenly she heard someone knock on the door. It was wendy.

"Wendy? Why are you here?" Lucy asked while pouring the tea into her cup.

"M-Mirajane asked me to come and see how you are, since today you didn't come to the guild..." Wendy said. Lucy stopped from pouring the tea when she heard Mirajane's name.

Oh? Now she's also trying to control me to see what I do? Lucy thought irritated.

"Oooh? Mirajane? How nice of her." She said sarcastically. Wendy looked at her a bit confused as she walked away to go get the honey. She slammed the honey on the table and sat down. She crossed her arms over her chest and stood there, in front of wendy without moving a muscle. It seemed that she was lost in her thoughts again .

"I'm s-sorry .." Wendy said sadly.

"Huh?" Lucy said waking up from his trance.

"M-maybe it was better if I wasn't here to annoy you...Sniff..." She said, as she was about to cry.

Wendy ... Lucy thought.

"Wendy...It's not your fault ... Sigh ... It's just that today is not the day for me. Just wait a couple of seconds and everything will pass." Lucy said, stroking her head.

"Seriously?" Wendy said doubtfully.

"Of course!" Lucy replied with a wink. Wendy was relieved, and Lucy could see that.

"Ummm..." Wendy began to speak.

"H-how is going between y-you and Natsu?" She asked, blushing.

"Huh?" lucy said stupidly.

"Between me ….And Natsu?... Nonono! Y-you're wron-" Lucy immediately imagined, herself and natsu walk down the street hand in hand and act like sweethearts. Her face blushed quickly.

"You're wrooooong!" lucy shouted, rising to her feet, knocking down her chair. She was making deep sighs to calm herself down while putting her hands on her cheeks which were burning.

I can't believe it! It's the second time that I dream silly illusions about myself and natsu! No! This time, I won't be fooled by my mind! She thought.

Natsu doesn't feel anything for me and I don't feel anything for him! A-above all, he isn't even my type! She desperately tried to believe.

"Heh. Lucy you shouldn't lie to your feelings. You would just harm yourself even more." Wendy said.

"Lie ….To my feelings?" Lucy asked confused. Wendy nodded.

"I-is it easy to notice it?" Lucy asked timidly. Wendy nodded again.

Oh my god! Lucy thought.

"B-but, I-I don't like Natsu! He's just a friend! P-plus I happened once to believe that I like to Natsu, a-and in truth he didn't like me!" Lucy said desperately.

"When happened this?" Wendy asked curiously.

"W-well, a long time ago ..." lucy said sincerely.

"If this happened a long time it doesn't mean that his feelings can't change." Wendy said.

"Don't you think that natsu behaves oddly around you?" Asked the little wendy.

Natsu behaving oddly around me ... Lucy thought. Wendy was right. Lucy kind of felt that natsu was acting strangely around her.

She remembered the book, which she read the library a couple of weeks ago, and she suddenly left the house, leaving the small Wendy confused and surprised. She ran like crazy and reached the library in the blink of an eye. She walked in and flung herself immediately in search of that book. Once she found it, she searched for: How dragons love.

I found it! Lucy thought.

"Dragons are not very affectionate creatures, but they are very loyal. They open their hearts to many people but only a few can also be very special. They lose control when their soul mate is hurt or someone tries to touch it. They tend to wait before dominating their loved one, because they are very insecure about this fact. The bad fact is that, the more they lose time to resist that temptation, the more is difficult for them to control themselves, and at the end it can cause an explosion of feelings and loss of control and personality."

The more they lose time to resist that temptation, the more is difficult for them to control themselves, and at the end it can cause an explosion of feelings and loss of control and personality.

Wendy was right. Natsu was actually acting strangely, just like it was written in the book.

...He ….in love with me? Lucy thought. It was not a bad idea. In fact it looked like, she did not mind at all.

*N-no!You are wrong!It's because I want to give some flowers t-to ...Mirajane! * Those words appeared in her mind like a lightning bolt; and that lightning struck a small house burning it completely.

That little house was her hopes.

"True... Natsu likes Mirajane ….. How silly ..." Lucy put back the book silently on the shelf and came out from the library. She felt some small droplets drop on her head, so she lifted her head to see what they were and saw the sky darker than ever. Lucy was there, staring at the dark sky ignoring the fact that the rain was soaking her wet.


"Natsuuu ... I can't walk anymore!" Happy said annoyed.

"What the hell are you saying?!You're flying!? And among other things I'm walking for hours here, where the hell is that flower bed!?" Natsu said angry.

"Maybe Mirajane gave us the wrong city, or she made us come here especially to make us a joke." Happy said. Natsu suddenly turned towards the cat with a face as white as a dead man.

"W-w-what's wrong, Natsu?"

"I-I-I think I've seen a g-g-g-ghost." Happy's mouth dropped down to the ground and became as white as natsu. They heard a strange noise all of a sudden from the inside of the cave. Natsu look at happy which nodded understanding his intentions. It was as if they were saying:

"S-shall we run?"

"O-ok" They began to run but happy tripped over a rock and fell back towards Natsu's legs, which in turn stumbled into happy, and fell backwards rolling into the darkness. When natsu woke up he found himself in a place, very enlightened. He looked around and saw happy sleeping next to him.

"Happy...Happy ... Wake up." But the cat did not answer. It was as if he was in a deep sleep. Continuing to look around he noticed that he was still in the cave and that he was lying on a bed of flowers.

A...Flower... bed ... ! Natsu stood up quickly sat up. had found it. lucy was right were beautiful. glowed as if inside there were fireflies. Natsu was about to take a flower but a voice stopped him.

"What are you doing?" Said a male voice. the voice seemed familiar ... way too familiar ... almost like his.

"I wanted to take some flowers." Natsu said shamelessly.

"...Why?"

Why…He asked... Natsu thought, finding it difficult to answer.

"Because I want to give them to a friend."

"...A friend?" This time was the voice of a woman. Even this one was familiar, identical to that of lucy.

"Lucy!?" Natsu yelled surprised.

"Who is Lucy?" Asked the male voice.

"Lucy is my teammate and her voice sounds like that of the woman who spoke just a little while ago." Natsu said, but none of the two voices replied. He waited for a while but he was slowly losing his patience. He stopped waiting and stretched out his hand again to pick up the flowers.

"Why do you want to give those flowers to a friend?" The female voice, paralyzed him.

"B-because in 2 days it's her birthday." Natsu said surprised. That voice scared him. Once again there was silence, it was as if the voices were gone again. He reached out for the third time, hoping not to be stopped.

"Do you care so much about that person?" Asked the male voice.

"Listen! Can't you let me take these flowers once for all, yes or no? It's not like I have the whole day free!" Natsu shouted.

"Those flowers are very important to us. We can't give them away without receiving a reasonable explanation of why we should give them away. "Said the female voice calmly. Natsu thought for a long time about what to say, but nothing reasonable and not embarrassing came to his mind.

"Those flowers are for the girl named lucy? " Asked the male voice. Natsu looked up suddenly, surprised.

H-how did they guess?! Natsu thought shyly.

"This …. Lucy... Is she important to you?" Asked the female voice. It was strange to be asked if lucy was important to him by someone who had the same voice as lucy! Natsu nodded, now he was tired of hiding, he was sick of it. Plus there could not be no one who would have recognize him and would have heard his confessions.

"Why do you want to give her our flowers?" Asked the male voice.

"Sigh ... I told you. Her birthday is coming and I thought that she would like some flowers, so I asked her what was her favorite flower, and she told me that she dreamed about pink and blue flowers in a cave, I asked for some infos and I came here. " Natsu explained. The voices did not answer. Their pauses were starting to get on his nerves.

"Can I take some flowers?" Natsu asked.

"No." Said the male voice.

"Why not?"

"Those flowers are the memories of our feelings that binds us together, we can't give them away." Explained the female voice.

"But you said that if I would have given you an acceptable reason, you would have let me take some!" Said Natsu losing his patience. The voices did not reply again.

"Answer me!" Natsu yelled angrily.

"We won't let you take them, because we haven't received an acceptable reason."

"Grrr!" Natsu growled in anger.

What did they want more from him? He told them everything right? Natsu thought.

"I told you everything, what else do you want from me?" Natsu yelled.

"The truth." Said the female voice calmly.

"... The... Truth? W-what truth?" Natsu asked confused. The voices did not answer.

"I asked you what truth!" Natsu yelled while lighting huge flames around his hands, and standing up.

"The real reason why you came here to take our flowers." Said the male voice.

The real reason why Natsu went there? All of a sudden appeared in his mind an image of lucy who turned toward him and smiled widely. Lucy was the reason. He wanted to see lucy ... He wanted to see her smile, as she always did. With her angelic smile, which always melted his heart.

"I-I ..." Started to say Natsu while extincting the flames.

"I want to make lucy happy for her birthday. I-I want to see her smiling as she always does." Natsu said shyly while squeezing his fists. He said something embarrassing, but he desperately hoped that they finally had given him the permission to take the flowers.

There was a long silence. Until even the last drops of hope vanished. He knew he could not take the flowers. He had lost so much time there, for nothing.

"You can take the flowers." said the male voice suddenly. Natsu raised his head, looking up surprised.

"Be fast, or you won't make it in time to get home for your *friend's* birthday. Ehehe" Said the female voice chuckled sweetly at the end of the sentence. Natsu smiled relieved.

"T-thank you! Thank you very much!" Said this, he bent down to pick the most beautiful flowers. he took the backpack and happy that was still asleep in his arms and said again before leaving:

"Thank you very much, familiar voices!" He ran towards the only corridor that there was, and from which came lots of light. It was strange that it took him so much to get in and he got out of it in such a short time. But who cares, he was already out of there, and only that mattered.

Dawn? Natsu thought looking at the sky. Shit! He lost a day there, he had to get home quickly and finish the preparations.

"Happy! Wake up!" Natsu said gently shaking the cat.

"Hah? Natsu ... Where is my fish?" Asked the sleepy cat.

"What fish? Happy, wake up!" Natsu said confused.

"What is it, Natsu?" Natsu grinned.

"Look, I got the flowers, come on, get up!"

"Woah! do you think we can eat them?" Happy said standing up.

"Well, I don't know ... Ah, no! Happy! We can't eat these flowers! I have to give them to someone, come on, let's go home!"

"Aye sir!" Said the cat, as he opened his wings behind him. He took natsu and flew towards the train station. The cave grew dark again, and you could see a couple of figures that were about to get out of the cave. A boy and a girl holding hands.

"He looks just like you, from head to foot." Said the girl.

"Tch ... I would have told the truth from the beginning ..That little brat .." Said the boy. It was impossible to believe, but those two were identical to Natsu and Lucy.

Natsu turned towards the cave and saw two figures, as if there were two people at the entrance of the cave that were waving at him, and then vanished.

D-don't tell me-! Natsu thought surprised.

If we can't understand certain things, it doesn't mean that there isn't a reason behind it...